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He's trying to get some attention from readers and I think he goes overboard a bit. As many, I've been worried about Brees age and arm. SP has had to reaarange the offense to disguise the loss of the long ball on a game basis. But Farrar throws a ton of interestings stats.
Personally, I think Brees will turn this around starting next week on National TV and fleece the Pack, but I sincerely doubt he can be effective for 16 games plus playoffs.
Here you go!
(He goes through related Next Gen stats before stating the follwoing....)
Is Brees Done
I am bizarrely confident in this team. SB? Maybe NFCCG. Hope more! But I am still most concerened about the locker room after Brees comments which a number of our players took ofeensively. This last game would make me think that. The 1st one, not so much so.
Personally, I think Brees will turn this around starting next week on National TV and fleece the Pack, but I sincerely doubt he can be effective for 16 games plus playoffs.
Here you go!
....every single fourth-quarter pass that came from Brees was short. 13 of his 14 fourth-quarter passing attempts, in fact.
Through two games in the 2020 NFL season, Saints quarterback Drew Brees looks a lot like a guy who’s just about done playing quarterback at a plus level. In Monday night’s 34-24 loss to the Raiders, Brees completed 26 of 38 passes for 312 yards, one touchdown, and one interception. Pretty good stats on their face, especially since Brees was working without receiver Michael Thomas, who’s out with an ankle injury.
But when you go beyond the box score, things are quite disconcerting. Late in the game, when the Saints needed Brees to connect with his receivers on explosive chunk plays that would make the game closer, Brees didn’t do it. Instead, he dinked and dunked his way down the field through the fourth quarter.
Outside of an 18-yard shot to a wide-open Emmanuel Sanders under Las Vegas’ two-deep coverage with 1:05 left in the game, every single fourth-quarter pass that came from Brees was short. 13 of his 14 fourth-quarter passing attempts, in fact. And even then, three of those 13 were incomplete. Head coach and offensive play-designer Sean Payton was in a position where his quarterback would not take the seam and post shots that once defined Brees as one of the best quarterbacks of his generation.
(He goes through related Next Gen stats before stating the follwoing....)
What’s the point of all this? Brees has an Expected Completion Percentage of 71.9%, and a Completion Percentage Above (or in this case, Below) Expectation of -8.4%. Only Dwayne Haskins and Carson Wentz fare worse in this stat in 2020.
There was also this interception to linebacker Nick Morrow, which wouldn’t look out of place on Saints backup Jameis Winston’s 2019 lowlight reel with the Buccaneers.
Is Brees Done
I am bizarrely confident in this team. SB? Maybe NFCCG. Hope more! But I am still most concerened about the locker room after Brees comments which a number of our players took ofeensively. This last game would make me think that. The 1st one, not so much so.